Report: Bushes won't attend Inauguration

1/18/13 3:05 PM EST

Former Presidents George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush will be skipping the Inauguration Monday of President Barack Obama, ABC News reports:

The younger President Bush is citing his father’s health in declining the invitation to attend, according to [several officials with knowledge of inaugural planning]. The older Bush, who is 88, was just released from the hospital this week after an extended illness.

Monday’s partial ex-presidential attendance will stand in contrast to Obama’s first inauguration, in 2009. All four living presidents attended that event – including, of course, President George W. Bush, who was turning the office over to Obama.

Both Bushes are listed as honorary co-chairs of the president's inaugural committee.